Last streamed content not updating with iPlayer

pADDYB

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I've been trying to download some of the Glastonbury material from iPlayer using the "last streamed content" function in the custom firmware. This used to work a dream, but now every time program has finished and I click save, the resulting file is a program from April, which was when I last successfully used this.

Any ideas where I'm going wrong?
 
The file is copied from this location :-
/mnt/hd3/Streamer_down_file
You could examine this area of your hard disk, check for the date stamp on the file/s, e.g :-
Code:
humax# ls -al /mnt/hd3
total 319893
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root      4096 May 14 19:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root        84 May 13  2011 ..
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 134217728 Jul  5 09:48 .swap0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 193006994 Jul  2 10:20 Streamer_down_file
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      505 Nov 19  2013 cookie.txt
drwx------ 2 root root      4096 Oct 16  2012 lost+found
humax#
Have you checked the Web-If >> Browse Media Files >> Save Last Streamed Content screen to ensure the 'growing' notice has stopped?
 
Thanks. I'm not sure how to navigate to this location? Do I need root access to the Humax? All my PC can see drive1, My Music, My Photos, My video.

However, I'm not sure this will get us any further as save streamed content is showing me this, which looks like to April program I mentioned:

libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/mnt/hd3/Streamer_down_file': Metadata: major_brand : M4V minor_version : 1 compatible_brands: isomavc1mp42 creation_time : 2014-04-06 00:05:12 Duration: 00:29:20.28, start: 0.018667, bitrate: 1497 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 720x576 [SAR 64:45 DAR 16:9], 1398 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25k tbn, 50 tbc Metadata: creation_time : 2014-04-06 00:05:12 handler_name : ETI ISO Video Media Handler Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 93 kb/s Metadata: creation_time : 2014-04-06 00:05:12 handler_name : ETI ISO Audio Media Handler
 
You need to access your Humax via Telnet, the Telnet logon will give you root access, you can navigate to the area with cd /mnt/hd3. Did you see the question below the 'code' box about the 'growing' message?
 
Is it a problem with the Humax servers or BBC? This was working fine for me yesterday; I was also downloading Glasto stuff. Today, while iPlayer is working, the streamer down file is not being updated. It must be playing the direct stream, rather than caching to disk. I'll try YouTube in a bit, see if that downloads.
I hope this is not some sort of DRM that prevents copying to disk.
 
I have just streamed and saved a BBC programme (Rastamouse), so some stuff from the BBC still works, I will try some Glasto stuff next
EDIT
streamed buffer is growing for a Hi-Def Glasto programme (Disclosure) so it is looking O.K. for me, I do-not have the latest Custom Firmware running, I currently have this :-

Web interface version: 1.0.15-5 (Lighttpd)​
Custom firmware version: 2.22 (build 1905)​
Humax Version: 1.03.12 (kernel HDR_1.02.29)​
 
Ah, missed that bit! No, it doesn't mention growing, it just displays 314MidB, which was the size of the April file.

But I think I win a prize for the most pointless question, I've only just realised that I was accessing iPlayer through my TV, not the Humax! I'm now streaming London Grammer at Glastonbury via the Humax and the file is growing.

Sorry to waste your time on this.
 
I was also a bit hasty. Last night I downloaded the two hour Glasto highlights programme in 'HD' (1280 x 720). To test, I just downloaded this programme again (last played). When I came back to it and looked in Web-If, the streamer file was only about 2GB as opposed to 3GB so I assumed the download had failed. Looking a bit closer, the BBC have changed the source. The new one is still 1280 x 720 but it has lower quality audio and has a smaller file size, as described above.
 
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